Several articles appeared on our outside-in newsfeeds yesterday regarding the overprescibing of Ritalin and other psychoactive drugs. Now that the heat is on, everyone is beginning to look for someone to blame for the senseless drugging of our children. From Yahoo news comes the headline “Subcommittee Told of Overdiagnosis of ADHD in Schools” and from
If you don’t already know, a class-action lawsuit was filed last week in California and New Jersey charging the makers of ritalin and the APA with conspiracy to create a market for ritalin by targeting millions of children and misdiagnosing them with ADD/ADHD.
From Salon.com comes an article titled “Just say yes to Ritalin! Parents are being pressured by schools to medicate their kids — or else.” According to the article, some public schools are saying that they “will not allow students to attend conventional classes unless they are medicated.” In some cases, parents that have chosen to
Class action suits were filed in California and New Jersey on Wednesday, alleging that the pharmaceutical manufacturer of Ritalin along with the American Psychiatric Association, conspired to create the disease attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in order to sell more of the drug, according to several news sources. Also according to reports, on Thursday, the
According to a September 11th news article available on Yahoo news, the UK will soon release “strict” new guidelines involving the use of Ritalin, which may result in the drug being banned for use in children under the age of five. The new guidelines are the result of growing concerns by some doctors and the
Several articles appeared on our outside-in newsfeeds yesterday regarding the overprescibing of Ritalin and other psychoactive drugs. Now that the heat is on, everyone is beginning to look for someone to blame for the senseless drugging of our children. From Yahoo news comes the headline “Subcommittee Told of Overdiagnosis of ADHD in Schools” and from
If you don’t already know, a class-action lawsuit was filed last week in California and New Jersey charging the makers of ritalin and the APA with conspiracy to create a market for ritalin by targeting millions of children and misdiagnosing them with ADD/ADHD.
From Salon.com comes an article titled “Just say yes to Ritalin! Parents are being pressured by schools to medicate their kids — or else.” According to the article, some public schools are saying that they “will not allow students to attend conventional classes unless they are medicated.” In some cases, parents that have chosen to
Class action suits were filed in California and New Jersey on Wednesday, alleging that the pharmaceutical manufacturer of Ritalin along with the American Psychiatric Association, conspired to create the disease attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in order to sell more of the drug, according to several news sources. Also according to reports, on Thursday, the
According to a September 11th news article available on Yahoo news, the UK will soon release “strict” new guidelines involving the use of Ritalin, which may result in the drug being banned for use in children under the age of five. The new guidelines are the result of growing concerns by some doctors and the